GO TO IKEA! True, it's almost exactly the same as all other Ikeas, but everything is in French and euros which of course makes it delightfully more exciting. Also, if you didn't already know this, Ikea is a wonderful place to play cache-cache (hide and seek) or loup (tag). Mothers might not appreciate it so much, but I couldn't help myself and joined in the fun.
So the whole purpose of our little Toulon getaway was to take the kids to the grandparents for the weekend. Apparently I didn't have to come but it was nice to get out of the house and I enjoyed meeting Christine's parents. They were very nice and even though they spoke even faster and thicker than Christine does, I was somehow able to understand them and we had a few good conversations about how tall I am, Christine's child-rearing practices, and the differences between how poverty is expressed in America and France.
The grandparents live really close to the train station so while we were there, the boys wanted to go watch the trains. Unfortunately last week there was an incident where some rail-workers cut the lines for the TGV high speed trains (the TF1 report Thursday night called it "sabotage"), so we only got to see the normal, amtrak-style TER trains. The boys were disappointed but it was still a fun outting.
The kids were supposed to stay witht he grandparents for the whole weekend but at the last minute Christine remembered that Thomas had a birthday party to go to (his girlfriend's) on Saturday afternoon. Christine and I returned to the house Friday afternoon while the kids stayed Friday night and Christine and Nigel went back to pick them up the next day after lunch.
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